The Last Fi ve Years
The Last Fi ve Years
Audrafan01
Swing Joined: 6/6/05
#0The Last Fi ve Years
Posted: 6/7/05 at 9:20amConsidering the number of fans The Last Five Years has gained since it's original off-broadway installment, what are the chances it will be brought back in the next 2 or so years?
#1re: The Last Fi ve Years
Posted: 6/7/05 at 9:22amI hope it is, but nothing will compare to the original.
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#2re: The Last Fi ve Years
Posted: 6/7/05 at 9:31am
It would be nice to just have Norbert and Sherie do a concert version.
Jason Robert Brown and Lauren Kennedy did a concert in Cooper Union a year or two ago and that was great to watch, but it would be nice to see Sherie and Norbert re-create their roles for a night. Symphony Space, maybe.
#3re: The Last Fi ve Years
Posted: 6/7/05 at 9:32amyea, that would be great, was that concert recorded from before?
In the words of Mr. William Morris Barfee, "In my whole life I have only been able to breathe through one nostril and today is no exception!"
#4re: The Last Fi ve Years
Posted: 6/7/05 at 10:38amif this show was brought back even for one night, i'd be thrilled. i don't know what i'd do....except maybe buy some tickets!
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#5re: The Last Fi ve Years
Posted: 6/7/05 at 10:39amWow. If they did that I would be so excited I couldn't put it into words. Especially if they had Sherie and Norbert do it... I would definetly have to figure out a way to get up there.
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MusicalComedyMan
Broadway Star Joined: 12/29/03
#6re: The Last Fi ve Years
Posted: 6/7/05 at 10:41amI hear that Aretha and Goulet are going to be bringing it to Bway and I can't wait!!!
Beanwannabe
Swing Joined: 6/6/05
erinrebecca
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/29/04
#8re: The Last Fi ve Years
Posted: 6/7/05 at 11:11am
There are regional productions of the show done periodically and of the two I've seen, I enjoyed them both better than the original. :)
It's unlikely it will be staged again in the city when it's available to groups elsewhere.
MusicalComedyMan
Broadway Star Joined: 12/29/03
#9re: The Last Fi ve Years
Posted: 6/7/05 at 11:25am
"It's unlikely it will be staged again in the city when it's available to groups elsewhere."
Thats a bizarre statement... If a producer wants it to come to NYC it will. Thats what revivals are... shows done all over the place and come back to NYC.
JakeB
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#10re: The Last Fi ve Years
Posted: 6/7/05 at 11:33amI hope it isn't revived as a concert. Then I will have to pay £500 to fly and see it.
#11re: The Last Fi ve Years
Posted: 6/7/05 at 11:40amI would love it , but, it needs to be in a small theatre!
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erinrebecca
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/29/04
#12re: The Last Fi ve Years
Posted: 6/7/05 at 11:55ammusicalcomedyman, how often are revivals done off-Broadway? Answer: not very.
MusicalComedyMan
Broadway Star Joined: 12/29/03
#13re: The Last Fi ve Years
Posted: 6/7/05 at 12:18pmMany shows like Little shop, assassins, Charlie Brown... originated off Bway and found their way on Bway.
#14re: The Last Fi ve Years
Posted: 6/7/05 at 1:30pm
I think the point is just the opposite. Small shows make their way to Broadway often enough, but rarely to pieces get revived for off-Broadway spaces. Surely The Last Five Years would be done in a small, intimate space. Even the Helen Hayes would be too big for it. And with the wealth of cheaper, easier regional productions, I don't see a point in a full revival.
I would LOVE to see a one-night only benefit-type concert with rotating actors, like they did for Funny Girl. You'd lose some of the emotional pull of the show that way, but I would like to see a number of great actors try their hands at the different songs.
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